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seeing his wife's final moments on surveillance video for the first time. new video of a powerful typhoon that hit the philippines and an updated death toll coming up. snow machines going full blast. this is arapahoe basin. the ski resort opens next week. the battle of the ski resorts. >> hard to believe we're talking about this snow. >> that's where free coffee friday sho could hang ut in the parking lot. this weekend going to be really warm. wind chills in the 20s. 26 ifort collins and a wind chill of 20 in aurora now. a cold start to our thursday. a decent warm up in store today. you're finding freeze warnings in effect here in town until 8:00 this morning and back in the 60s by this afternoon.
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today of right around 62 in denver. a lot of sunshine today so low mid 70s covering most of northeast colorado. 70 this weekend. problems you see out here, there's netting that could keep the balls flying over the road at hamden. daryl orr is there now with live pictures. what's going on over there? >>reporter: jason, we're not denver police now. about 20 minutes ago they got a report of a vehicle accident at garrard and havana and had a hard time locating it because this vehicle is down an embankment 15 feet into a pole that holds the netting up at the kennedy ridge golf course. it appears to be a g mc type street sweeper vehicle. police are trying to piece together how this guy came off
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two people id sustain minor injuries. ambulance is on scene to the left of the camera and as soon as we find out what happens, we'll pass it back to you. >> it would be weird if it was a zambone. 225 and i-25 north side chugging along just fine. we are haima which has killed five people in the philippines. it's also disrupting train service in southeast china. new video showing the devastation. the philippines is used to getting 20 typhoons a year but this one is said to be the worst since 2013. two of ttose killed were construction workerings buried in a landslide and two others
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a fifth suffered a heart attack. nearly 100,000 villagers were evacuated before the typhoon hit. so the idea is hopefully it cut down on the death toll. there's been talk lately of this political season about elections being rigged. donald trump the most vehicle but now a politician right here in colorado is worried about someone tampering with vooes. >> reporter: this is congressional candidates, george athanasopoulos. he believes where there's spoke there's fire when it comes to voter fraud going on here in the state of colorado. so before the election en happened, he's preparing to challenge the outcome. this all comes back to this video -- an undercover edited video that shows democratic opp opper tives covering up voter fraud.
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but george athanasopoulos said it could happen in our state and he's prepared to challenge every ballot casts. the question is, will he? >> not matter the outcome of your race you're going to challenge county clerks were results? >> it's quite possible. it depends on the situation. but i'm certainly concerned. >> reporter: a majority of county clerks in the state of colorado are republican and members from both parties overseeing the el to make sure there's no fraud. george athanasopoulos says if there is fraud he wouldn't blame the actual officials but he would blame the system. we'll see out that race against ed perlmutter goes and then if he will indeed challenge the ballots and each and every one of them. reporting live downtown, jason gruenauer, denver7 news. this morning voters have a lot to think about after hillary clinton and donald trump's final debate. with only three weeks left to get more support, everr word
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we have recap of last night. >> reporter: another debate filled with more memorable moments, a basic foundation of democracy steals the show. >> do you make the commitment that you will accept the results of this election? >> i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >> chris, let me respond to that. that's horrifying. >> reporter: the night quickly turning personal. >> such a nasty woman. >> he's unfit. >> the things off talking policies. from abortion and immigration. >> we have bad hombres here. >> he started out calling them rapists and drug dealers. >> reporter: clinton called out trump's relationship with vladimir putin. >> he would rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. you're the puppet. >> reporter: and not letting
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>> he goes after their dignity, self-worth, and i don't think there's a woman anywhere who doesn't know what that feels like. >> reporter: to which trump offered a blanket denial nobody has more respect for women than i do. >> reporter: trump then accused clinton sof what he called criminal acts like deleting e- mails and questioning the value of her experience. >> it's bad. what you have done is turned out badly. >> reporter: clinton fires back with her own live experience. >> on the day situation room monitoring the raid that osama bin laden to justice he was hosting ing celebrity apprentice so i'm happy to compare my 30 years of experience. >> the latest polls show clinton pulling away with the lead. . it's 5:36 now. the 5:00 a.m.
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trump so now we're fact checking hillary clinton. while discussing the second amendment she said washington d.c. banning firearms. >> what the district of columbia was trying to do was protect toddlers from guns. >> city leaders did cite child safety but tte 1975 law was a widespread ban on unregistered weapons. a federal court said the law was not valid. because it gun safety po lit co fact call her claims half true, half false. three days to election day now. the politics section of our website can help you weed through those issues on thedenverchannel.com. denver police just released a report on the deadly school bus crash at dia and it also includes surveillance video. a witness says he called 911 when he noticed the bus waving and crashed into the pillar.
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but she wasn't. she was also not high or drunk at the time either and the autopsy said she may have had a medical episode while driving because of an enlarged heart. her husband just saw the video. >> it's hard to watch. and seeing that she went around the corner and into the pillar. it was horrible for me to see. i wish i didn't see it. >> he says he wishes he had more answers but glad the report inebriated and he wants everyone to know she loved the kids on the bus like they were her own. national prescription drug take back day is this weekend. that's why denver police will help you get rid of any unwanted medications.
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safely get rid of left over prescriptions. police collected nearly 900,000 pounds of unwanted medicines back in may. visit our website for the complete list on where to deposit medical center. here's a cool way to learn dance moves before homecoming. have von miller show off his skills. >> the broncos star surprised students at green valley ranch yesterday. his surprise at the assembly was not all about dance moves. it was tt celebrate green valley high being named a national blue ribbon school. >> congrats to them. it seems the troubles for a school in every green are just beginning. why more teachers are threatening to walk out. we all know politics can get dirty but what happens when
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candidates? one politician from arvada wants to know. here's your first alert with clear skies this morning. look at our futurecast. i set this into motion and nothing popping up. a lot of sunshine through the afternoon. we'll take a look at how warm it's getting. so far so good on and off the highways. the accident by the kennedy golf course, more details on
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bigly. we are seeing reports from the grown that rebels who rejected the cease fire with syria are launching attacks at corridors out of the city stopping people from living. you can see civilians running from the fire. russia and syria both temporarily halted their own air attacks on aleppo this week. the fighting continuing on the ground. those intensified strikes from russia and syria led to hundreds of civilian deaths. more teachers threatening to walk out of rocky mountain academy in every green. evergreen. several people showed up
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and staff, some say they have heard the school is in serious debt and they blame dr. harrel for the lack of leadership. >> i've seen her antics for the last two years and two months -- deceit and lies and going behind people's backs. >> parents of the charter school are begging jeff co schools for help. they are helping them work through the schools are largely under local a senate candidate wants the jefferson county attorney to look into a political mailer. this is against ri which he will rachel zerlingezerlinger. it says while she was in ar va
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china -- -- zenzinger. she never actually even went to china. >> the reason i'm filing the complaint is i believe they have crossed the line to wheree this is criminal. this is a lie that has been debunked repeatedly. >> in july denver seven politico fact called a similar mailer "pants on fire" for not being accurate. now that many of you have your mail-inballot many people ask what to do. make sure you have a 68 cents stamp on it. otherwise it won't get there. or you can take it to a drop off location in your county. if you prefer to vote in person, you can do that on november 8th. you need your id showing your you're a colorado resident and you can vote on november 8th. this next story shows us news anchors are human and make mistakes.
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morning. an anchor in richmond was trying to warn viewers about a rice cooker recall. >> about 170,000 rice -- i think it was suppooed to be check your pantries, not panties. >> i couldn't warn you before i -?saw it. so sorry. >> about 170 rice and slow cookers are being recalled due to electric shock. nobody got mad. that's not hard to do i have to give him credit. he held it together. his coanchor was laughing but he held it together. the three of us would have lost it. >> i had an anchor in vegas and they hyphenated americans so he said amir-cans and it's noo the best to mess up. >> we have a laundry list of
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here's your cheat sheet on this thursday. almost to the weekend. beautiful weather and lots of sunshine across the state. in the 60s today -- in the 70s tomorrow. this nice warm weather is lasting. such a nice fall. no complaints and another great weekend ahead of us. cold this morning. stepping out the door to upper 20s and low 30s and dry conditions and clear skies. it's going to tack a bit to get out of the near freezing spot. mid upper 20s in the mountains. it's really cold. some spots in the teens. over bertha pass, looking at wind chills below 0 this morning. city park at 34. this is why we have freeze warnings. covering the entire metro area until aaout 8:00 this morning, we could see a few drop off earlier. getting into the 60s so likely doubling the numbers we're seeing this morning. fort collins a high of 60.
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the mountains -- 50s and 60s. montclair 60 and in broomfield a high of 60 degrees. we're a few degrees below normal. warming right back up by tomorrow at 73 degrees with clear skies. beautiful through the weekend. overnight lows aren't quite as cold. early tomorrow morning we'll see mid to upper 30s closer to morning. if you brought the plants in last night or covered them up, keep that them that way tonight. chilly and likely not seeing freeze warnings but cooler early friday and this weekend not as bad. you can take them back outside. ?5 on sunday and warm again on monday so broncos monday night, good monday ffght football here in town. will be nice. >> i might have to wear the vest for free coffee friday.
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what happened to the dicky? or the as cot? >> i love my vest. don't touch my vest. >> i'm going to check it out. >> lisa is going to get my vest. so this is the street sweeper that ran into the pole by kennedy golf course. it's obviously -- here comes lisa. >> it's nice. >> lisa vest. >> you made it sound worst. >> it's a great vest. maybe i'll wear it for free coffee friday tomorrow. looks like they're mostly off the road. a slight issue and we're checking for any problems out there this morning including one -- there's an accident over here off quebec south of i-70. the rest of the ride around town is okay shape this i need my vest back. >> we need the vest. it's cold here in the studio.
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considering giving themselves subpoena power to help them investigate last month's train crash. they could force officials to testify and provide documents about the case. tomorrow a senate oversight panel will have aahearing to discuss the matter. another city dealing with toxic water. this time it's chicago. the city shut off hundreds of drinking fountains because of high l replaced as needed. investigators trying to figure out how lead got in the water. more trouble for wells fargo's. california attorney general is investigating the bank for identity theft connecting to bank employees crrating two million unauthorized accounts to reach sales goals. workers may have committed by records to open accounts and credit cards nooone asked for.
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going after. samsung could be slapped with a class action lawsuit over the galaxy note seven. customers say the company made them pay monthly charges for devices they couldn't use. last week samsung officially stopped selling the note 72 months after it came out. the phone had a high risk of fire danger. it's 5:51. another local city is getting va's hospitals have been under firr for making veterans
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from a rancher's perspective, we feel that often washington is removed from what we need. senator bennet is different. michael bennet has been at the ready and always willing to listen. when the federal government wanted to increase grazing fees, senator bennet stepped up and helped put a stop that. ommits to his word, and that means a lot to a guy like me. i'm a republican, but i know that michael bennet trusts us and we trust him. i'm michael bennet and i approve this message. i'm michael bennet donald trump and congressman coffman would punish women. and coffman tried to redefine rape to mean only forcible rape.
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e, would not be considered rape victims. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado.
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greeley just lifted the ban on panhandling. they say it falls under freedom of speech but if someone gets too aggressive police can step in. >> denver police trying to decide if workers used how long veterans waited for healthcare. corey gardener asked for the investigation after a whistle blower told him about the list. this could broaden into a nationwide investigation. so far investigators know of 40 for care at a phoenix va hospital. new jersey governor chris christie is getting ready for his day in court. it's the first time he's facing a judge over the bridge gate scandal.
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christy says it's not true. if a judge finds probable cause today a summons will be issued. police in tuesday looking into a mishap. a spring k ler sprayed water over card board containing evidence so investigators are going through the items to see if evidence was contaminated. we sometimes hear of children across the untry being denied meals because there's no money in his lunch dollars toocover overdue lunch balances at a local elementary school. it helped 89 kids. he wants to make sure the students or parents have to worry about lunch money i find it hard to believe in this day and age that there are kids that go hungry. it's unfathomable me that that should happen. >> this guy has paid his mortgage and decided to do
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so he pitcced in the money. >> i think it's sweet. it's sad to hear the kids with overdue accounts and they can't have lunch. that's gnat fair. clear skies and you casee from sterling from our wireless camera, clear skies early on. i know dark out there but watch the futurecast. a lot of sunshine and that's at 12:30. fast forward to 6:30 nothing popping up. day. low to mid 60s in the plains today. ten degrees warmer on friday. low to mid 70s on monday of next week. here's your first alert not until the middle of next week. two people hurt in the accident where the street sweeper went off the road. it went into the pole that holds up the netting to keep the golf balls from flying into the roadway. you sea the damage in a cab
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it's off the road and one lane is still blocked. look at the drive on 36 into boulder looking nice. also looking easy through the mall and down to i-25. 5:57. is a political campaign in our state going too far? why facebook won't allow unedited versions of a certain ad. colorado has great places for a great weekend get away. which resorts were just named
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such a nasty woman. >> he choked and got into a twitter war. >> the final debate was full of fireworks and this was some of the tame stuff. >> colorado lawmakers are weighing in on the the chance of a rigged election. that story coming up. we want to take you to south eastern typhoon haima approaching now and long at this video in hong kong. the typhoon hasn't made lange fall and already completely halting transit there. you see the buses completely flooded. people still on them if you look closely. the typhoon hit the philippines yesterday and five people were killed there by land slides and flooding that hit the philippines with 140 miles per hour winds.

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